a few days earlier it had become public that he had cancer, something Hildebrandt himself apparently had known since the summer. Awards Grimme-Preis in bronze, silver and gold German cabaret-award Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim Högner-award Knoeringen-award Kassel Literary Prize Selected filmography Actor Stage Fright (1960) (1964, TV film, based on the story "Murke's Collected Silences") … Dr. Murke (1966) … Silvestre Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978, TV series) … Air traffic controller (1983) … Dr. Berzelmeier Kir Royal (1986, TV miniseries) … Herbie Fried (1988) … Dr. Friedhelm Eigenbrodt (1992) … Dr. von Wuest (2012) … Herbie Fried Screenwriter (1958) (US version: The Bellboy and the Playgirls, 1962) Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder (1961) (1961) References External links 1927 births 2013 deaths People from Bolesławiec People from the Province of Lower Silesia German Army personnel of World War II German television personalities German male comedians German satirists German cabaret performers German-language film directors Kabarettists Deaths from cancer in Germany ARD (broadcaster) people ZDF people Luftwaffenhelfer German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States Nazi Party members